to feed
- verb
- /fiːd/
- Farmers must feed their livestock a balanced diet to keep them healthy.
- feed the infant
- breast-feeding
- bottle-fed
Because I don't cotton to people who feed their cats kibble.
- Because I don't cotton to people who feed their cats kibble.
- I didn't, I didn't feed them, fed them too late.
- Protect the liver, feed the gut, support the brain.
- Tube down and throat being fed, forcibly fed.
- Anyway, I'm going to go feed my baby bye.
- It might not be able to feed you for months.
- They're great at detoxifying you if you feed them right your liver.
- Like when you're struggling, you can't feed your family, you lost your home.
- And so we went across and we fed him at stern.
- So is it illegal to feed them bacon?
Examples
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Don't know why, but we feed them every few hours.
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So they would feed the cows mangoes.
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We gotta feed our baby.
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Anyway, I'm going to go feed my baby bye.
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If I am a farmer and cannot feed myself, what sort of farmer am I?
Fiction book (1990) -
We can't afford to feed her like we used to.
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Jay and I used to always feed the leftover bones and things to that big pig you guys had.
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So once she wakes up, you feed her if she's hungry.
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She always makes sure to feed her dog twice a day.
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After the rain, they decided to feed the plants with extra nutrients.
Synonyms
To give food and care so a person, animal, or plant grows and stays healthy
To give food to a person, animal, or plant
To give nutrients that help a person, animal, or plant grow
To give hay or straw to farm animals
Antonyms
Idioms
- Slang
To reply to someone online who tries to start arguments, making them continue
Phrasal Verbs
To give news or information slowly in small amounts to influence what people think
Compounds
- Specialized
A coarse food for farm animals like cattle made from parts left after making corn products
- Specialized
Special food given to young animals like piglets or calves that adults cannot reach
- Archaic
A machine that uses steam to soften and warm animal feed before giving it to animals
- Specialized
A system that uses a pump to push oil under pressure into an engine's moving parts
- Specialized
A system where a pump pushes oil under pressure to engine bearings to stop metal parts rubbing
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Etymology
The word feed comes from an old English word for 'food'. So to feed someone is simply to give them food.